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Editore: John Baker, 1966
Da: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1966. First Edition. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece and plates. Prize plate (from meteorological office to a crewman of the MV Manapouri) stuck to front pastedown. Foreword by Richard Woolley. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Slight marks to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Price sticker to front flap. Foxing to edges.
Editore: John Baker
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75.
Editore: John Baker
Da: West Cove UK, Wellington, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. 1966 First edition. Pages in excellent condition for age. No notes or highlighting. Gift message in front. Best copy I have seen. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Although John and James Harrison had succeeded in com pleting two wooden regulators by 1726, they were now face with the task of adjusting them so as to produce accurate time keeping over long periods. This must have been a most formid able task. Even to-day, when the principles of clocks and watche are well known and their mechanism is more or less standard- ized, adjusting a timekeeper to give an accurate performance can be a most vexatious and uncertain task. In Harrison's case he was dealing with the unique and completely untried devices of his own invention, and the inexplicable and recurring vagar- ies in timekeeping that inevitably occurred must have tried to the utmost his courage and perseverance. The task was made doubly difficult owing to the lack of any readily available time- standard against which the Harrisons could compare the per- formance of their new timekeepers. These clocks had been designed to be more accurat.
Editore: John Baker, London, 1966
Da: Jeffrey Formby Antiques, Moreton in Marsh, Regno Unito
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. 255 pages, 33 illustrations, 1st and only edition, 1966. An excellent book on the life and work of John Harrison, his 4 marine timepieces and the £20,000 longitude prize. Essential reading for chronometer enthusiasts. A very good copy, the dust jacket with some wear to top edges.
Editore: John Baker, London, 1966
Da: Zed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. 255 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear to extremities of boards. Jacket mildly worn and rubbed, light dust soiling to rear panel, 3/4" tear to rear panel, spot of acidification to front flap where sticker was removed.